India Visa for Italian Citizens: e-Visa, Fees and Applying from Italy

Italy is on India's e-Visa list but not on its visa-on-arrival list, which names only Japan, South Korea and, on conditions, the UAE. So an Italian arrives with the visa already granted, and for almost every holiday that means the e-Tourist Visa, applied for online.

The e-Tourist Visa covers recreation and sightseeing, visits to friends and relatives, a short yoga programme, short unstructured courses (local languages, music, dance, arts and crafts, cooking and the like) of up to six months with no certificate, and up to a month of unpaid voluntary work. Business trips need the e-Business Visa and treatment the e-Medical Visa. Employment, journalism and NGO work are outside every e-Visa and need a regular visa.

The official e-Tourist fee table, dated 8 September 2026, lists Italy at the rates below, in US dollars, with a 3% bank charge added to every payment. The fee is not refunded if the visa is refused.

Every European Union passport pays these same e-Tourist rates. The e-Business Visa is where EU countries differ: the portal's second table lists US$120 for Italy, as for Germany, against US$165 for France. The e-Medical Visa is US$80. No e-Visa can be extended or converted into another visa once you are in India.

Because the fee is not refunded on a refusal, the details matter:

• Apply only on indianvisaonline.gov.in, at least four days before you arrive and no more than 120 days before you travel.
• Use a passport with six months' validity on the day you apply and two blank pages.
• Scan the passport's photo page as a PDF of 10 KB to 300 KB, and upload a JPEG photo of 10 KB to 1 MB on a plain light or white background.
• Pay the fee plus 3%, and wait for the email saying the visa has been granted before you travel.
• Carry a copy of the Electronic Travel Authorisation, a return or onward ticket and enough money for your stay.

Our India e-Visa guide covers the form in order, and our visa assistance page explains what we can check for you before you pay.

The Consulate General of India in Milan handles visa applications from foreign nationals living in Lombardy, Piedmont, the Aosta Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Liguria and Emilia-Romagna. Fill in the online form on indianvisaonline.gov.in first, and book an appointment online if you are going to the Consulate. For a regular tourist visa the Consulate's checklist asks for the original passport and a clear copy, your carta d'identità and a copy, a copy of your air ticket, proof of accommodation in India and a 50 mm by 50 mm photo on a white background. Its pages describe both handing the application in at the visa counter and sending it by DHL courier, so check the current instructions on the Consulate's site before you post a passport. If you live elsewhere in Italy, contact the Embassy of India in Rome.

An e-Visa is valid for entry only at the airports and seaports the portal designates, 37 airports among them, from Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru to Goa, Kochi, Jaipur and Varanasi. You can leave through any immigration check post. Immigration records your biometric details on arrival, and in the 72 hours before landing every foreign national must submit the free e-Arrival Card, which is an arrival record, not a visa. Once that is done, First time in India covers what the first days are like.